As an island economy depending mainly on maritime transportation, Hawai‘i tends to have transportation disadvantage compared to foreign competitors relying on truck transportation. As an economy with a small agricultural sector, Hawai‘i also tends to have a transportation disadvantage compared to foreign competitors with larger market shares. Hawai‘i tends to have a transportation advantage in terms of freight costs as percentage of cargo value, because of the high value of its products. In the results cited, there are cases where Hawai‘i had a higher freight rate in terms of dollars per pound but a lower freight rate in terms of percentage of cargo value. Evidence from this comparative empirical analysis indicates that Hawai‘i agricultural commodities do not have across-the-board transportation disadvantages as is generally perceived.